Roslyna Latif

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Roslyna is a Partner and is part of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Practice Group with extensive experience in corporate matters and banking law.

She started her career with the Attorney General’s Chambers (Civil Division) (“AGC”) in Brunei Darussalam where her portfolio included being part of the legal team which negotiated Bilateral Investment Treaties and Double Taxation Agreements on behalf of the Government of Brunei Darussalam, and she was also part of the team tasked with recovery of unpaid corporate taxes.

After over six years with AGC, Roslyna moved to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to join HSBC Bank Plc as part of an offshore legal team based in Kuala Lumpur that provides support to HSBC Bank Plc’s legal team in the United Kingdom. In her three and a half years with HSBC, she provided commercial legal support, guidance and assistance to the UK Retail Bank Network and centralised areas covering both Commercial Banking and Retail Banking, and Wealth Management. Roslyna also managed a trademark licence team responsible for protecting the reputation and image of HSBC Group.

Roslyna later joined Citibank Malaysia as part of the APAC Regional Contract Management Team responsible for managing contract negotiations within regional/global corporate clients of Citi’s Wholesale Cards and Cash Management products spanning across sixteen markets in Asia Pacific.

Since joining the firm in November 2016, Roslyna has handled corporate and commercial matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions, reorganisation of group companies, takeovers, due diligence, joint ventures and providing legal and advisory services for corporate clients including Government Ministries, Government-Linked Companies, banks and financial institutions, as well as local, regional and international companies.

Roslyna completed her Bar Vocational Course in 2003 at BPP Law School in London. She is a member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam in February 2018.

Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific have individually ranked Roslyna in 2023.